The Art Life is taking a short break as we fly to Perth this week to take part in PICA’s HATCHED05 Symposium. We’ll be joining Un Magazine’s Lily Hibberd to speak on the topic Why Write About Art? The next

Someone last year asked us what we thought was good art writing. We’re always mouthing off about what we think is bad but, come on, if you’re all so goddamn smart, what’s good? Well, what we want is an art

The latest issue of First Draft’s magazine Runway is out and it’s themed “escape”. At six dollars it’s cheaper than a round of drinks après opening and just as fun. Among the contributors is a very fine piece by Ella

Christie’s Contemporary Art sale on May 24 is the latest in the company’s on going efforts to foster a market for Australian contemporary art. With a modest 135 lots, the selection of works goes for quality over quantity. Also notable

Gary Carsley, artist, is a Capricorn. The light side of the typical Capricorn personality is manifested by a well developed sense of humour, a will to create a sense of order out of the world and the wise management of

When we went to see the latest show by Todd Hunter at GrantPirrie, we had to remind ourselves once more that he did not play bass with 70s Oz rock legends Dragon. That was a different Todd Hunter and while

The above is a bumper sticker you can peel from your computer screen and attach to your car, briefcase or t-shirt. It appears on the website of our friends at Gravestmor, the web site that does for architecture what we

How popular is the Archibald Prize? According to London’s The Art Newspaper (March 2005), Australia’s best-loved portrait prize came ninth in a listing of contemporary art exhibitions around the globe for 2004. With 116,501 visitors, the Archibald Prize found itself

Back in 2000 when Adam Cullen won the Archibald Prize for his portrait of David Wenham there was talk in certain quarters that “things had changed”, that somehow this was going to become a prize for contemporary art. Although Cullen’s